
"(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay," released a month after Otis Redding died, was the first song to hit #1 in America after the artist died.

The Pretenders are named after the 1956 song "The Great Pretender" by The Platters.

Rihanna was Pitbull's first choice to sing on "Timber," but she wasn't available at the time so he enlisted his RCA labelmate Kesha instead.

Bob Seger's song "Beautiful Loser" was inspired by book Leonard Cohen published in 1966 called Beautiful Losers.

According to Frank Sinatra's daughter, he hated "My Way," but had to sing it at every show when it became his signature song.

The most famous song to prominently feature a French horn is "God Only Knows" by The Beach Boys.
The outlaw country icon talks about the spiritual element of his songwriting and his Bob Dylan mention.
Paul Stanley on his soul music project, the Kiss songs with the biggest soul influence, and the non-make-up era of the band.
Wolfgang Van Halen breaks down the songs on his debut album, Mammoth WVH, and names the definitive Van Halen songs from the Sammy and Dave eras.
The Garbage drummer/songwriter produced the Nirvana album Nevermind, and Smashing Pumpkins' Gish and Siamese Dream.
We ring the Hell's Bells to see what songs and rockers are sincere in their Satanism, and how much of it is an act.
In her days with The Runaways, Joan Jett saw The Arrows perform "I Love Rock And Roll," which Alan Merrill co-wrote - that story and much more from this glam rock pioneer.